Most Americans get what money they have from their work; that is, they earn an income from wages or salaries. The richest Americans, however, get most of their money from what they own — their stocks, bonds, real estate, and other forms of property, or wealth. Although there are few accurate statistics to go by, wealth in American society appears to be concentrated in very few hands. More than 20 percent of everything that can be privately owned is held by less than one percent of the adult population and more than 75 percent of all wealth is owned by 20 percent of American adults. The plain fact is that most Americans have no wealth at all aside from their homes, automobiles, and a small amount of savings.
Income in the United States is not as highly concentrated as wealth. In 1917 the richest 10 percent of American families received 26.1 percent of all income, while the poorest 10 percent received 17 percent, mainly from Social Security and other government payments. The most striking aspect of income distribution is that it has not changed significantly since the end of World War II. Although economic growth has roughly doubled real disposable (可自由使用的) family income (the money left after taxes and adjusted for inflation) over the last generation, the size of the shares given to the rich and the poor is about the same. By any measure economic inequality is great in the United States.
The reality behind these statistics is that a large number of Americans are poor. In 1918, 14 percent of the population was living below the federal government’s poverty line, which at that time was an annual income of $ 9 287 for a nonfarm family of two adults and two children. In other words, about one out of seven Americans over 31 million people was officially considered unable to buy the basic necessities of food, clothes, and shelter. The suggested poverty line in 1981 would have been an income of about $11 200 for a family of four. By this relative definition, about 20 percent of the population or more than 45 million Americans are poor.
1.What does the majority of the Americans have in terms of wealth?
A. Their income and savings.
B. Everything they own in their homes.
C. Actually, they have no wealth at all.
D. Their house, cars and small amounts of savings.
2.What is the percentage of wealth that is in the hands of most Americans?
A. More than 25%. B. Less than 25%.
C. More than 75%. D. Less than 20%.
3.Why is economic inequality still great in the US in spite of the economic growth?
A. Because the proportion of income received by the rich and the poor remains almost the same as in 1917.
B. Because the economic growth has widened the gap of the family income between the rich and the poor.
C. Because income in the US is still concentrated in the hands of the richest 10% of American families.
D. Because some Americans made great fortunes during the Second World War.
4.What can we learn from comparison of the two poverty lines in the last paragraph?
A. The poverty line of 1918 is more favorable to the poor than that of 1981.
B. The 1981 line didn’t leave much to the poor.
C. There were more Americans who were officially poor by the 1981 line.
D. There were more Americans who were officially poor by the 1918 line.
5.From the last two sentences we can see that 1981 government’s poverty line _______.
A. was of no good for the poor B. was not put into operation then
C. was officially approved D. was not helpful to the poor
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
Most Americans get what money they have from their work; that is, they earn an income from wages or salaries. The richest Americans, however, get most of their money from what they own — their stocks, bonds, real estate, and other forms of property, or wealth. Although there are few accurate statistics to go by, wealth in American society appears to be concentrated in very few hands. More than 20 percent of everything that can be privately owned is held by less than one percent of the adult population and more than 75 percent of all wealth is owned by 20 percent of American adults. The plain fact is that most Americans have no wealth at all aside from their homes, automobiles, and a small amount of savings.
Income in the United States is not as highly concentrated as wealth. In 1917 the richest 10 percent of American families received 26.1 percent of all income, while the poorest 10 percent received 17 percent, mainly from Social Security and other government payments. The most striking aspect of income distribution is that it has not changed significantly since the end of World War II. Although economic growth has roughly doubled real disposable (可自由使用的) family income (the money left after taxes and adjusted for inflation) over the last generation, the size of the shares given to the rich and the poor is about the same. By any measure economic inequality is great in the United States.
The reality behind these statistics is that a large number of Americans are poor. In 1918, 14 percent of the population was living below the federal government’s poverty line, which at that time was an annual income of $ 9 287 for a nonfarm family of two adults and two children. In other words, about one out of seven Americans over 31 million people was officially considered unable to buy the basic necessities of food, clothes, and shelter. The suggested poverty line in 1981 would have been an income of about $11 200 for a family of four. By this relative definition, about 20 percent of the population or more than 45 million Americans are poor.
1.What does the majority of the Americans have in terms of wealth?
A. Their income and savings.
B. Everything they own in their homes.
C. Actually, they have no wealth at all.
D. Their house, cars and small amounts of savings.
2.What is the percentage of wealth that is in the hands of most Americans?
A. More than 25%. B. Less than 25%.
C. More than 75%. D. Less than 20%.
3.Why is economic inequality still great in the US in spite of the economic growth?
A. Because the proportion of income received by the rich and the poor remains almost the same as in 1917.
B. Because the economic growth has widened the gap of the family income between the rich and the poor.
C. Because income in the US is still concentrated in the hands of the richest 10% of American families.
D. Because some Americans made great fortunes during the Second World War.
4.What can we learn from comparison of the two poverty lines in the last paragraph?
A. The poverty line of 1918 is more favorable to the poor than that of 1981.
B. The 1981 line didn’t leave much to the poor.
C. There were more Americans who were officially poor by the 1981 line.
D. There were more Americans who were officially poor by the 1918 line.
5.From the last two sentences we can see that 1981 government’s poverty line _______.
A. was of no good for the poor B. was not put into operation then
C. was officially approved D. was not helpful to the poor
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Most Americans get what money they have from their work; that is, they earn an income from wages or salaries. The richest Americans, however, get most of their money from what they own — their stocks, bonds, real estate, and other forms of property, or wealth. Although there are few accurate statistics to go by, wealth in American society appears to be concentrated in very few hands. More than 20 percent of everything that can be privately owned is held by less than one percent of the adult population and more than 75 percent of all wealth is owned by 20 percent of American adults. The plain fact is that most Americans have no wealth at all aside from their homes, automobiles, and a small amount of savings.
Income in the United States is not as highly concentrated as wealth. In 1917 the richest 10 percent of American families received 26.1 percent of all income, while the poorest 10 percent received 17 percent, mainly from Social Security and other government payments. The most striking aspect of income distribution is that it has not changed significantly since the end of World War II. Although economic growth has roughly doubled real disposable (可自由使用的) family income (the money left after taxes and adjusted for inflation) over the last generation, the size of the shares given to the rich and the poor is about the same. By any measure economic inequality is great in the United States.
The reality behind these statistics is that a large number of Americans are poor. In 1918, 14 percent of the population was living below the federal government’s poverty line, which at that time was an annual income of $ 9 287 for a nonfarm family of two adults and two children. In other words, about one out of seven Americans over 31 million people was officially considered unable to buy the basic necessities of food, clothes, and shelter. The suggested poverty line in 1981 would have been an income of about $11, 200 for a family of four. By this relative definition, about 20 percent of the population or more than 45 million Americans are poor.
1.What does the majority of the Americans have in terms of wealth?
A.Their income and savings.
B.Their house, cars and small amounts of savings.
C.Everything they own in their homes.
D.Actually, they have no wealth at all.
2.What is the percentage of wealth that is in the hands of most Americans?
A.Less than 25%. B.More than 25%.
C.More than 75%. D.Less than 20%.
3.Why is economic inequality still great in the US in spite of the economic growth?
A.Because the economic growth has widened the gap of the family income between the rich and the poor.
B.Because income in the US is still concentrated in the hands of the richest 10% of American families.
C.Because the proportion of income received by the rich and the poor remains almost the same as in 1917.
D.Because some Americans made great fortunes during the Second World War.
4.What can we learn from comparison of the two poverty lines in the last paragraph?
A. The poverty line of 1918 is more favorable to the poor than that of 1981.
B. The 1981 line didn’t leave much to the poor.
C. There were more Americans who were officially poor by the 1918 line.
D. There were more Americans who were officially poor by the 1981 line.
5.From the last two sentences we can see that 1981 government’s poverty line _______.
A.was of no good for the poor B.was officially approved
C.was not helpful to the poor D.was not put into operation then
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Most Americans don’t like to get advice __1_____ members of their family. They get advice from “___2_____ (strange)”. When they need advice, they don’t usually go to people they know. __3______ many of them write letters to newspapers and magazines __4______ give advice on many different subjects ,__5_______ (include) family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, _6______ even on how to buy a house or a car.
Most newspapers __7_______ (regular) print letters from readers with problems. Along with the letters there are __8_______ written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors, and _9___________ are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special __10_________ (train) for this kind of work.
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Surely it doesn’t matter where the student associations get their money from;what ___ is what they do with it.
A.counts B.applies
C.stresses D.functions
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Surely it doesn't matter where charities get their money from, but what ____ is what they do with it.
A. involves B. concerns
C. means D. counts
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I wondered ______ they had raised so much money on their own to help youngsters in need.
A.what B.that C.how D.why
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Most musicians and artists say the Internet has helped them make more money from their work despite online file-trading services that allow users to copy songs and other material for free, according to a study released on Sunday.
Recording labels and movie studios have hired groups of lawyers to pursue(追究)networks like Kazaa, and have sued thousands of individuals who spread out copyrighted material through such networks.
But most of the artists surveyed by the nonprofit Pew Internet and American Life Project said online file sharing did not concern them much.
Artists were divided on the rewards of peer-to-peer networks, with 47 percent saying that they prevent artists from earning royalties(版税)for their work and another 43 percent saying they helped promote and spread their material.
But two-thirds of those surveyed said file sharing caused little threat to them, and less than one-third of those surveyed said file sharing was a major threat to creative industries. Only 3 percent said the Internet hurt their ability to protect their creative works.
“What we hear from a wide range of artists is that, despite the real challenges of protecting work online, the Internet has opened new ways for them to exercise their imaginations and sell their creations,” said report author Mary Madden, a research specialist at the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
The nonprofit group based its report on a survey of 809 self-identified artists in December 2003.
1.The underlined sue in paragraph two probably means ____.
A. to criticize formally B. to start a legal case
C. to give thanks to D. to draw attention to
2.47% of the artists surveyed said that ____.
A. some networks were illegal
B. file-sharing was a threat to their material
C. the Internet made their material more popular
D. their income reduced because of some networks
3.What is wrong about the Pew Internet and American Life Project?
A. It is a research group.
B. It is a very popular network.
C. It doesn’t make money by its research.
D. It focuses on the relation between the Internet and people’s life.
4.The nonprofit group holds the opinion that ____.
A. artists don’t want to put their works on the Internet.
B. some networks should be closed because they are illegal
C. users of the Internet should not be allowed to copy songs and materials
D. although the Internet is improperly used sometimes, it helps the artists a lot
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Most college students have their money from their parents, but college is the time for them to begin true responsibility. With the right information at hand and some practice, you can definitely get major financial assistance for college tuition(学费).1.The following is the ways you should know about.
Play a sport2. I know it is obvious to the football player that sports will increase the possibility, but did you know you can get scholarships for less-known sports? Have a try on golf, sailboat and marathon! A senior year spent learning and perfecting a new sport can lead to a full ride in college.
Do voluntary work. Most nonprofits have good scholarships for their volunteers Try volunteers. Try volunteering in your community or a community chapter of a major organization.3.It can be best to work for an organization that you are familiar with or have a childhood history with.
4.Try building a personal connection with someone at a scholarship society. Building a relationship through visits, phone calls, and gifts can make you stand out of the crowd. Remember, these people chose the winners from hundreds of applications a day and a personal touch can really make a difference!
Apply early. It can never be too early to apply for a scholarship. Applying early is another way to stand out of the crowd. You can definitely score a better scholarship earlier with much less competition.5.Applying early can lead to more applications overall, and someone who applies to 100 scholarships against 10 has a much better chance of being awarded!
A. Bear in mind
B. Keep in touch.
C. It can also be a numbers game.
D. Living in a poor community may help you a lot.
E. Some of the highest scholarships are given to college athletes.
F.A high level of community service will give you a leg up in college.
G. Experience has proven that scholarships will be given to those who deserve it.
高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
Most college students have their money from their parents, but college is the time for them to begin true responsibility. With the right information at hand and some practice, you can definitely get major financial assistance for college tuition (学费). 1. The following is the ways you should know about.
Play a sport.
2. I know it is obvious to the football player that sports will increase the possibility, but did you know you can get scholarships for less-known sports? Have a try on golf, sailboat and marathon! A senior year spent learning and perfecting a new sport can lead to a full ride in college.
Do voluntary work.
Most nonprofits have good scholarships for their volunteers. Try volunteering in your community or a community chapter of a major organization. 3.It can be best to work for an organization that you are familiar or have a childhood history with.
4.
Try building a personal connection with someone at a scholarship society. Building a relationship through visits, phone calls and gifts can make you stand out the crowd. Remember, these people chose the winners om hundreds of applications a day and a personal touch can really make a difference.
Apply early.
It can never be too early to apply for a scholarship Applying early is another way to stand out of the crowd You can definitely score a better scholarship earlier with much less competition. 5.
Applying early can lead to more applications overall, and someone who applies to 100 scholarships against 10 has a much better chance of being awarded!
A.Bear in mind.
B.Keep in touch.
C.It can also be a numbers game.
D.Living in a poor community may help you a lot.
E.Some of the highest scholarships are given to college athletes.
F.A high level of community service will give you a leg up in college.
G.Experience has proven that scholarships will be given to those who deserve.
高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
Surely it doesn’t matter where the student associations get their money from; what _______ is what they do with it.
A. counts B. applies C. stress D. functions
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析